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Nigeria’s former president Olusegun Obasanjo told media some of the schoolgirls kidnapped by militant group Boko Haram in April may never return, in the most pessimistic comments yet on their fate from a member of the political elite. Obasanjo said...

Shi'te Muslim Iran is so alarmed by Sunni insurgent gains in Iraq that it may be willing to cooperate with Washington in helping Baghdad fight back, a senior Iranian official told Reuters. The idea is being discussed internally among the...

Afghans head to the polls on Saturday for the second time in 10 weeks to elect a president who will take office as most foreign forces prepare to leave after nearly 13 years of inconclusive war. None of the eight...

Sterling surged on Friday after the Bank of England hinted at an interest rate rise this year, while escalating violence in Iraq drove oil to a nine-month high and dampened equity markets. European shares .FTEU3 were still on course for...

Executives from German carmaker BMW and U.S.-based Tesla Motors Inc met this week in a move which could lead to the creation of charging stations usable for different types of electric cars. BMW and electric carmaker Tesla are seeking ways...

Within hours of his announcement as the Emir of Kano, friends of controversial former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, especially of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have been thronging Kano, exultingly waving their newly won...

One great secret of success in life? Constancy of purpose. That is the word of wisdom from Benjamin Disraeli. Also, according to the thinker, Ron Karenga anyone who wants to achieve enduring landmarks along the chequered lanes of life,...

The January 8, 2014 edition of Punch newspaper revealed the secret and vicious agenda of All Progressives Congress (APC), a claim which had been substantiated by an Islamic cleric, Yusuf Garba, and the Religious Equity Promotion Council which exposed...

There is a sense in which the name of the malaise afflicting Nigeria is Biafra. I have argued before—and I must do so again—that Nigeria’s refusal to confront and address the sore of the Biafran War is the chief...

A TWENTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD Olaoluwa Hallowed Oluwadara Wednesday received a Ph.D award in Mathematics at the convocation ceremony of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) for 2012/2013 academic session. Oluwadara, whose thesis was adjudged the best in Engineering and Science, having made Cumulative...